Miniart Buildings w/ Figgies...

Smeagol - Cool album in the background of that one shot :)

I have just recently bought one to give it a try, and so far:

The Pros: Good detail, plenty of extras, you get the whole thing, for example a building with a base, most companies only do a building.

The cons: It aint gonna fit together great, requires putty and some scratch building.
So knowing now what you get and have to deal with, i would buy again.

Work still in progress!

This is the MiniArt building that I am currently working on:

The dio is still in it's very early stages, so there are a LOT of elements missing.

I'm with Smeagol that they are kind of a pain in the butt, but the finished product can be quite convincing.

This is my first diorama, and I am still learning. There are a LOT of hours in that building so far, and a lot more to go. Not a big fan of Vac-form. I will most likely do my buildings from scratch in the future, but with time and patience, MiniArt buildings can be very nice.

Look at Miniarts webpage, they got a tutorial showing how to construct them.. have a look and you'll get an idea of how they are...

I haven't tried them myself, but I want to!!  

Smeagol and Manny,

Thanks for the info.  They do look pretty nice, but I did not realize the effort required to construct them.  Unless I get a deal on them, maybe I'll take Manny's advice and look elsewhere...

The biggest problem with them is that they are Vacuform kits.

There are on a large sheet of plastic and you have to cut the pieces out, not like sprues, but every bit of it needs to be cut out, ALOT of work goes into just getting them off of the plastic.

After that, there thin and can be hard to line the sides of the pieces together.

That being said, they are absolutley gorgeous when finished.  Beautifully molded.

My experiance with it

As far as the figures, there Dragon figures, that says enough.